Recently, WeChat's official editing tool 'Instant Editing' has integrated various practical AI functions, making users' video creation more efficient. The new version of 'Instant Editing' adds three features: 'Public Account to Video', 'AI Comic Video', and 'Live Shopping Video', with a rich selection of templates for users to choose from. The 'Public Account to Video' feature allows users to directly convert articles from WeChat public accounts into videos. Users only need to click 'Public Account to Video', input the public account link, and the system will automatically recognize the content of the article.

Recently, the VITA-MLLM team announced the launch of VITA-1.5, an upgraded version based on VITA-1.0, aimed at enhancing the real-time and accuracy of multimodal interaction. VITA-1.5 not only supports English and Chinese but also achieves significant improvements in multiple performance metrics, providing users with a smoother interaction experience. In VITA-1.5, the interaction delay has been greatly reduced from 4 seconds to just 1.5 seconds, making it almost imperceptible for users during voice interactions.

According to Sina Technology, Baidu Wenku's AI functionality has achieved remarkable results worldwide. As of the end of December, the monthly active users (MAU) of Baidu Wenku's AI function have surpassed 90 million, second only to ChatGPT's 310 million, ranking second globally. Since the comprehensive restructuring of Baidu Wenku, over 100 new features have been launched, including Smart PPT, Smart Documents, Research Reports, and AI Universal Search. The introduction of these features has greatly enhanced user experience and work efficiency, attracting a large number of users.

Aishi Technology announces the official launch of PixVerse version 3.5, which brings significant performance improvements and new features. The new version of PixVerse can generate videos in as fast as 5 seconds, significantly enhancing motion control, providing users with a smoother and more precise video generation experience. Additionally, version 3.5 has made significant improvements to anime effects, supporting easy switching between various styles to meet the personalized needs of different users.

On Thursday local time in the U.S., ChatGPT, Sora, and OpenAI's API services for developers encountered another outage, lasting over four hours. OpenAI reported a significant disruption starting at 11 AM (all times referenced in this article are local to the U.S.), but by 3:16 PM, services were gradually being restored. Regular users of ChatGPT might recall that there was also an outage earlier this month. On its status page, OpenAI indicated that this major disruption was caused by issues with its upstream provider.

In the rapid evolution of the digital economy, payment models are undergoing a quiet revolution. Traditional subscription models are giving way to more flexible pay-per-use models, with artificial intelligence platforms becoming key drivers of this revolution. Emerging platforms like Stripe and Bolt.new are redefining the possibilities of micropayments. By introducing usage-based billing systems and token economic models, they are breaking traditional payment barriers and creating a new transactional ecosystem for AI services. Image Source Note: Image generated by AI, image licensed through service provider Midjo.

Israeli tech company Lightricks has recently launched a lightning-fast AI video processing platform called LTX Video (LTXV). This platform uses advanced artificial intelligence models that can run on commonly used graphics processing units (GPU). Released in late November, LTXV can generate a 5-second AI video clip at a resolution of 768x512 in just 4 seconds, making it stand out among other AI video platforms. With its 2 billion parameters, it is capable of even...

OpenAI has officially released its new hyper-realistic AI video generation software, Sora Turbo, nearly ten months after its initial demonstration. Sora Turbo has undergone several significant upgrades. It is now available to ChatGPT Plus and Pro subscribers, who need to pay a monthly fee of $20 or $200. The service covers the United States and most non-EU and UK regions. Sora Turbo allows users to generate videos through text input or static images.

OpenAI announced the highly anticipated product, Sora Turbo, during today's live stream, marking a significant breakthrough in the field of generative AI for 2024. Sora Turbo's generation efficiency has significantly improved, allowing for direct generation of up to 20 seconds of 1080P video from text, making it one of the highest duration video models in the world. This model supports input of text along with images or videos, generating specific video content and making the generation results more controllable.

The AI chat tool Kimi is currently beta testing its innovative feature 'Kimi Creation Space', an AI video generation service that has attracted widespread attention in the industry. According to Sina Technology, this feature is currently in a gray testing phase and provides users with a new way of creative expression. Insiders revealed that 'Kimi Creation Space' will be launched in the bottom area of the Kimi official website homepage. Users can create personalized music videos using 12 preset style templates and custom creation features. Notably, users will receive 100 seconds of free video generation each day.